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Black Jack (Part 2)

The house was pretty tense for the next few weeks. Dennis tried to get ANgelic to sit and talk with him. He wanted her to know that he hadn’t left her completely alone and the Kellie Wilson would help her out. Of course, he wasn’t going to tell her that he was blackmailing Kellie but since Angelica was now avoiding him, she heard none of it.

When the day for him to surrender himself finally arrived he had thought of running. Which he only entertained briefly. He knew that running would only make things worse. When the doorbell rung, he stated to ANgelica “I’ll get it”. Not that she was talking to him. He was disappointed to see DA Smallwood at the front door. He had hoped that she would forget him and give him at least one more day of freedom.

“Give me one moment to change” Dennis said trying to drag it out as long as possible.

“No problem. That will give the girls time to discuss with Angelica how everything is going to work.” If he wasn’t already in enough trouble and owned a gun he would have shot her right between the eyes. Why did she have to sound so smug?

Peggy Crabtree was the one left to explain how the seizure of the property and bank account was going to work. “I know this is hard for you but we are going to try to do it as quickly as possible. The state has already put a hold on all the accounts and today we will take an inventory of everything in the house. Everything should be finished by the winter after next, approximately one year from now.”

“One year?” Angelica said with growing dread. She thought things would go faster. That she would be able to get the little they were letting her keep and get out of dodge quickly. She thought wrong.

“Yes, you should get your portion in about a year” Peggy felt sorry for the woman but she was just doing her job.

What am I suppose to do until then?” Angelica could feel herself getting angry and was surprised to look down and fin herself poking the young lawyer in the chest with her finger.

“You can stay in the house until then but, of course, you can’t take anything out or sell anything. Everything must stay here” Peggy answered, trying to ignore the fact that Angelica had poked her in the chest.

“What about money?” This time she was able to keep her hands to herself but instead of poking she ended up pointing.

“Our records indicate that you have a legitimate form of employment so money shouldn’t be an issue. You’ll just have to live off that. After Darcy puts down the video game controller, she will help you fill out the necessary forms.”

As Angelica was filling out the paperwork, Dennis finally made his way downstairs and out the front door. He thought that it was more than a little inappropriate for Shirleen and Peggy to already be performing a celebratory dance. At least they could have waited until his taxi had left. Maybe he should be happy. They could have handcuffed him and put him in the back of a squad car. But still did they have to dance?

The last and final part Dennis little melodrama. There are still a few loose ends that I need to tie up. But you won’t be seeing that much of Dennis Hernandez from now on. He will become a playable NPC. I downloaded a jail for MTS2 to place him in. I haven’t quite decided what to do with Angelica. I don’t know if I should make her ad playable NPC (since she was a townie) or just have her keep Dennis’s spot as playable.

Just a little background. Peggy Crabtree is an assistant attorney to Shirleen Smallwood (the DA). She wants to be an environment lawyer but until she earns her stripes she is working in the public sector. Darcy Merrick is the secretary. She is best friends to James Wilson (but doesn’t know Dennis) and is a playable NPC.

I just realized I never actually stated who Dennis was going to testify against. I might have hinted at it in earlier post but I never actually stated it. So, in the spirit of trying to keep thing a little coherent. I am not going to tell you. You’ll see later in Round 9, maybe.

Sounds typical for them to draw things out, a year seems like an awfully long time. Glad the lawyer didn’t get too upset with Angelica for jabbing her though, feels like they could have gotten really ugly.

and wow on the victory dance. Quite hilarious, but pretty poor timing. I guess they are pretty happy, and unworried about keeping up appearances.

The dance was completely their own doing. I love the timing. Just as Dennis is walking out of the house. It made for a great picture.

I decided to make it a year because its easier for me to figure out what I am going to do with Angelica and work on a storyline or something for her. Let’s just say that Eaton County DA’s office is really, really slow.